ROSEMONT, Ill. – The Big Ten Conference announced that 91 Maryland student-athletes competing in intercollegiate athletics were named Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award recipients.

The list includes student-athletes from 17 different teams who have recorded a minimum grade-point average (GPA) of 3.7 or higher for the previous academic year. Fourteen Maryland student-athletes maintained a perfect. 4.0 GPA over the 2020-21 academic year. 

Big Ten Faculty Representatives established the Distinguished Scholar Award in 2008 to supplement the Academic All-Big Ten program. Similar to the Academic All-Big Ten honor, Distinguished Scholar Award recipients must be letterwinners in at least their second academic year at their institution. However, the Distinguished Scholar Award encompasses only students with a minimum GPA of 3.7 or higher for the previous academic year, excluding summer school. The Academic All-Big Ten threshold is a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher for a student's academic career.
 

Baseball
Zach Thompson	Graduate	Terrorism Analysis	West River, Md.
Justin Vought	Senior	Criminology and Criminal Justice	Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

Men's Basketball
Reese Mona	Graduate	Business and Management	La Plata, Md.

Field Hockey
Belle Bressler	Sophomore	Letters and Sciences	Leesport, Pa.
Christina Calandra	Sophomore	Communication	Manchester, Mass.
Emma DeBerdine	Sophomore	Letters and Sciences	Millersville, Pa.
Brooke DeBerdine	Senior	Supply Chain Management	Millersville, Pa.
Nathalie Fiechter	Sophomore	Letters and Sciences	Zwolle, The Netherlands
Noelle Frost	Senior	Communication; Kinesiology	Glenwood, Md.
Kyler Greenwalt	Senior	Communication	Gambrills, Md.
Megan Munley	Sophomore	Elementary Education	Arnold, Md.

Football
Spencer Anderson	Junior	Communication	Bowie,Md.
Chance Campbell	Senior	Finance	Towson,Md.
Josh Ettlinger	Sophomore	Business	Baltimore,Md.
Josh Jackson	Graduate	M.Prof.Studies: Industrial/Organizational Psych	AnnArbor, Mich.
Paul Mouring	Sophomore	Engineering: Mechanical	Centerville,Md.
Anthony Pecorella	Sophomore	Letters and Sciences	Malverne,N.Y.

Men's Golf
Thomas Eubanks	Sophomore	Letters and Sciences	Charlotte, N.C.
Will Koras	Junior	Communication	Lutherville, Md.

Women's Golf
Lena Capoccia	Junior	Marketing	Bethesda, Md.
Angela Garvin	Sophomore	Letters and Sciences	Feeding Hills, Mass.
Virunpat Olankitkunchai	Senior	Information Systems-Business	Bangkok, Thailand
Xiaolin Tian	Grad Student	M.Prof.Studies: Machine Learning	Hohhot Nei Mongol, China
Laura Van Respaille	Senior	Supply Chain Management	Wambrechies, France

Gymnastics
Leksana Andrews	Junior	Family Science	Sandwich, Mass.
Collea Burgess	Senior	Criminology and Criminal Justice	Woodbridge, Va.
Sanya Glauber	Junior	Criminology and Criminal Justice	Mission Viejo, Calif.
Sophia LeBlanc	Sophomore	Psychology	Waltham, Mass.
Reese McClure	Sophomore	Family Science	Frederick, Md.
Sabriyya Rouse	Senior	Kinesiology	Cary, N.C.
Emma Silberman	Sophomore	Letters and Sciences	New Hope, Pa.

Men's Lacrosse
Chase Cope	Junior	Economics	Severna Park, Md.
Nick Grill	Senior	Sociology	Bridgewater, N.J.
Matthew Kopp	Sophomore	Engineering: Mechanical	Damascus, Md.
Colin Miller	Senior	Criminology and Criminal Justice	Downingtown, Pa.
Drew Morris	Senior	Communication	New Canaan, Conn.
Roman Puglise	Senior	Finance	Lorton, Va.
Alex Smith	Senior	Criminology and Criminal Justice	Bethesda, Md.
Jonathan Smith	Junior	Communication	Landenberg, Pa.
Logan Wisnauskas	Senior	American Studies	Sykesville, Md.

Women's Lacrosse
Shaylan Ahearn	Sophomore	Communication; Psychology	Woodbine, Md.
Tori Barretta	Senior	Kinesiology	Exton, Pa.
Hannah Glaros	Junior	Elementary Education	Ellicott City, Md.
Grace Griffin	Senior	Kinesiology	Sykesville, Md.
Victoria Hensh	Sophomore	Communication	Woodstock, Md.
Madison Hine	Senior	Criminology and Criminal Justice	Phoenix, Md.
Catie May	Senior	Public Health Science	Sparks, Md.
Brooke Robbins	Senior	Elementary Education	Davidsonville, Md.
Emily Sterling	Sophomore	Public Health Science	Bel Air, Md.
Hannah Warther	Graduate	Supply Chain Management	Sykesville, Md.

Men's Soccer
Ryan Blumberg	Sophomore	Finance	Sydney,Australia
Ben Di Rosa	Senior	Philosophy	Washington,D.C.
Matt Di Rosa	Senior	Information Systems	Washington,D.C.
Craig Eichelberger	Junior	Information Science	Dunkirk,Md.
Justin Gielen	Junior	Finance	Edgewater,Md.
Brett St. Martin	Junior	Communication	MountAiry, Md.

Women's Soccer
Adalee Broadbent	Junior	Communication	Lancaster,Pa.
Anissa Mose	Senior	Criminology and Criminal Justice	Laurel,Md.
Kennedy Tolson	Sophomore	Theatre	Atlanta,Ga.

Softball
Micaela Abbatine	Graduate	Supply Chain Management	Warwick, N.Y.
Katie Dustin	Junior	Criminology and Criminal Justice; Economics	Glenelg, Md.
Campbell Kline	Sophomore	Criminology and Criminal Justice	Millersville, Md.
Taylor Liguori	Sophomore	Communication	Columbia, Md.
Taylor Okada	Junior	Supply Chain Management; Marketing	Fullerton, Calif.
Sammie Stefan	Senior	Special Education	Lagrange, Ohio
Shelby Younkin	Senior	Anthropology; Criminology and Criminal Justice	Torrance, Calif

Tennis
Zoe Kulkarni	Senior	Communication	Boca Raton, Fla.

Men's Track & Field
Caleb Dean	Sophomore	Kinesiology	Hyattsville, Md.
Brady Snelson	Graduate	Engineering: Computer	Milwaukee, Wis.

Women's Track & Field
Alice Barnsdale	Senior	Geographical Sciences	Lincoln, England
Molly Barrick	Senior	Studio Art	Owings, Md.
Leah Blackall	Graduate	MPH: Public Health Practice & Policy	Holbrook, N.Y.
Anna Coffin	Sophomore	Mathematics	Annapolis, Md.
Sarah Daniels	Junior	Criminology and Criminal Justice	Burke, Va.
Kathryn Gearhart	Senior	Kinesiology	Easton,Md.
Ashley Germain	Sophomore	Letters and Sciences	Montreal, Canada
Nadia Hackett	Senior	Public Health Science	Baltimore, Md.
Kamryn Henderson	Junior	Engineering: Bioengineering	Waxhaw, N.C.
Christine Laurie	Senior	Kinesiology	Kitchener, Ontario
Courtney Mann	Senior	Psychology-B.S.	Ellicot City, Md.
Emily McAllister	Senior	Public Health Science	Newark, Md.
Mackenzie Morgan	Junior	Public Health Science	Kitchener, Ontario
Julia Reicin	Senior	Psychology; Geographical Sciences: GIS &Computer Cartography	Potomac, Md.
Chloe Royce	Sophomore	Kinesiology	Montreal, Canada
Xahria Santiago	Senior	Public Health Science	Ajax, Ontario

Volleyball
Jada Gardner	Senior	Kinesiology	Cibolo,Texas
Chloe Prejean	Senior	Kinesiology	ClearSpring, Md.
Erika Pritchard	Senior	Community Health	Middletown,Ohio

Wrestling
Hunter Baxter	Senior	Kinesiology	Gibsonia, Pa.
Philip Spadafora	Senior	Kinesiology	Dix Hills, N.Y.
Zach Spence	Sophomore	Landscape Architecture	Wilmington, Del.